Posts Tagged ‘Data Science’

Talk to researchers, and they’ll tell you many of the techniques behind this latest AI and machine learning renaissance actually date back as far as the 80’s.. What’s changed is cheap access to storage and processing power in the form of “the cloud,” and by extension, the cloud has made it far easier for companies to incorporate sophisticated data-and-analytics capabilities into their applications and workflows.(more…)

This coming Tuesday, September 12th, I’ll be speaking at Product School in Santa Monica on data’s role in product development. To help me prepare, I wanted to start exploring the topic first here with a post. (Writing always helps me to structure my thinking.)

Consider this your preview of what I hope will prove to be an engaging discussion, and if you’re in the LA area, come out to join us in person. All the details are available through Eventbrite.

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Long before Steve Jobs or Bill Gates were even twinkles in their fathers’ eyes, the word computer was a job title for someone who computes or performs mathematical calculations. Depending which online resource you trust most, its use dates back to the 1600’s. Not until much later, sometime in the 1800’s, did it come to refer to a device rather than a human. From what I can gather, the word calculator underwent a similar evolution.

I’ve taken you on this little jaunt back in time in part because I’m under the influence of a book that I’m currently reading, Etymologicon, but mostly to make the point that another title – “data scientist” – is likely to follow the same trajectory.